MVN 15, 086 (P118366)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 72-25-010

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Wage compensation for workmen to dig at various fields in the Umma district)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz)# sar al 6(disz) sar-ta
2. a2#-bi u4 3(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz)
3. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 9(disz)# sar al 5(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz)
5. 4(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta
6. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 7(disz)
7. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta
8. a2-bi u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)
9. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar nig2-gul 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
10. a2-bi u4 1(u) 7(disz)
11. 6(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) sar nig2-gul 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
12. a2-bi u4 3(u) 2(disz)
13. [x sar nig2-gul] n 2(u) sar-[ta]
column 2
1. a2-bi u4 [x]
2. 4(u) sar nig2-[gul x sar-ta]
3. a2-bi# [u4 x]
4. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) n [sar ...] x [...]
5. a2-bi u4# [x]
6. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 2(u) n [sar ...] zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz)-[ta]
7. a2-bi u4# [x]
8. 3(gesz2) 3(u) n [sar ...] ku5-a [x sar-ta]
9. a2-bi# [u4 x]
10. 3(u) sar# [...]
11. a2-[bi u4 x]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 3(gesz2) n [...]
2'. a2-bi# [u4 x]
3'. 1(gesz2) sar# [...]
4'. a2#-[bi u4 x]
5'. 2(gesz2) n [...]
6'. a2-[bi u4 x]
7'. 1(gesz2) 1(u) n [...]
  n lines broken
8'. n 1(gesz2) 2(u) sar [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] la-ag# [ri-ri-ga]
2'. a2 sza3-gu4
  blank space
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3'. a-sza3-ge kin ak
4'. a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2{ki}
5'. ugula ba-sa6
6'. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}[gigir] szabra#
7'. [mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba]-ab-du8
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu bar#-ra-an

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Wage compensation for workmen to dig at various fields in the Umma district)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 15, 86

    [Owen1991MVN15] Owen, David I. 1991. Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 15. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

    Wage computation for workmen to dig at fields in the Umma district.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 168 86

    [Owen1972JCS24AmericanColl] “Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections, I.” 1972. Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 72-25-010
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00 ?
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-10-13 at 15:03:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:26:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:35:06 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:50:52 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005455 (composite) (P458165) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 15, 086 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118366.
MVN 15, 086 artifact entry (No. P118366). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118366 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118366 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118366},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118366},
}


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